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F. A. SMITH; Jr. Blank for Combined Button and Lac ing Stud.

No 242,384. Patented May 31,1881.

WITNESSES INVENTOR k W51, ll gaiyiaa @NDML-M ATTORNEY NITED STATES PATENT Grace.

FRANKLIN A. SMITH, JR, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLANDJASSIGNOR TO GEORGE W. PRENTIOE, O'F SAME PLACE.

BLANK FOR COMBINED BUTTON AND LAClNG-STUD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 242,384, dated May 31, 1881.

Application filed March 19, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, FRANKLIN A. SMITH, Jr., acitizen of the United States, residing at Providence, in the county of Providence and State of Rhode Island, have invented certain new and useful Improvements n Combined But ton and Lacing-Stud; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable to others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

1 My invention has for its object to provide an improved blank for the construction of a combined button and lacing-stud for wearingapparel; and it consists of a blank composed of a central circular portion provided with suitable prongs and side wings, all as will be hereinafter more fully described, and pointed out in the claim.

In the drawings, Figure. 1 represents a side view ofmy invention provided with two prongs;

Fig. 2. the blank from which the same is made; and Figs. 3 and 4 are views of blanks having three and four prongs, respectively.

Similar letters of reference indicatelike parts in the several figures.

0 Referring to the drawings, A represents the blanks from which my improved device is formed, and which consists of the central rounded head, B, provided with the curved neck or post 0, having the wings a, adapted to fold over and partly around said neck or post, so as to present smooth edges, as well as to afford additional strength and stiffness to said neck, as also to the central head, B. The prongs D are formed at each end of the blank, prefer- 0 ably with two in front and one at the rear, said prongs being bent downwardly at right angles to a portion of the blank, which forms a table or connecting-plate, E, as shown. In place, however, of the two prongs at the front and one at the rear, I contemplate using one or 5 more prongs both at the front and at the rear,

as may be deemed expedient, without departing from the spirit of my invention.

It will be observed that in the construction of the device the parts forming the curved 5o sides of the neck or post 0 are bent up under the head B at right angles thereto, and the side wings, a, then bent over and around the edges of said neck, so as to present a smooth finish, to prevent friction upon the lacingstrings or upon the button-holes, that portion of said blank forming the table or connectingplate. I being then bent at right angles to said neck or post and in a parallel line with the head B, and the prongs then bent at right angles to the said plate, as fully shown in the drawings.

The device thus constructed is adapted to be attached to wearing-apparel by a suitable settlug-instrument in a manner w ell known.

By means of my present improvements Iain 6 enabled to furnish a fastening device which can be readily adapted for use either as a but.- ton or as a lacing-stud, and which can be produced at a very small cos with but little waste of the stock employed in its manufacture.

I am aware of the patent granted to David Heaton under date of April 1, 1873, and numbered 137,305, and upon which my present invention is designed as an improvement, it being simpler and cheaper in its construction. 7

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and useful is- The herein-described blank for a combined button and stud, consisting of the central circular portion, B, wings a, and prongs D, dis- 8o posed as shown, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FRANKLIN AUGUSTUS SMITH, .IR.

Witnesses:

l). G. BODMAN, E. FISHER. 

